If only the Libertarian Party had a cantidate…
…willing to say stuff like this. Then they might be onto something.
The American people are largely unaware that they are now living in a universal surveillance society. Virtually every major financial transaction–as well as much of their travel–is reported and monitored by the federal government. This total surveillance system, that began in earnest under Bill Clinton’s administration, has mushroomed into a ubiquitous and finely tuned science under George W. Bush. Dare I say that Dubya’s neurotic fixation with spying on ordinary citizens rivals Comrade Stalin’s paranoiac obsession with a total surveillance society?You and I are constantly being watched, listened to, monitored, taped, and stalked by our own government. So, do any of us really believe that we still live in a free country? All this talk about a war on terrorism is a bunch of hooey. What is really happening is a war on freedom. The so-called “War on Terror” is only a smokescreen to hide the real agenda, which is to develop a federal police state where individual liberty is completely vanquished. And the really sad part of all of this is the manner in which the American people–especially our pastors and churches–seem to be willing to embrace and accept this burgeoning police state.
But since when did patriotism come to mean the acceptance of a total surveillance society? When did patriotism come to mean the love of Big Government or infatuation with Big Brother? When did patriotism come to mean the sacrifice of liberty in the name of security? When did patriotism come to mean the surrender of constitutional government and personal freedoms? When did patriotism come to mean submission to tyrannical bureaucracies.
A Chuck Baldwin Administration will bring an immediate end to the surveillance state and dismantle its network including the aforementioned National Security Act, the USA PATRIOT Act, and the proposed Domestic Securities Enhancement Act, and the Military Commissions Act.
Our agenda is simple and clear–we will re-ignite the torch of liberty in our nation so that, once again, we can proudly and truthfully say that America is the land of the free.
